A/N: Hi, every one! First of all, I was really doubting myself to whether or not I'll write this one. It's because, I don't know how to say it but I think I lost my love and interest for anime for the past few months. My interests kinda shifted to the history of Alexander the Great and The Iliad. Well, now I think I'm back to writing anime fanfictions and... hope you enjoy!

Pairing: Kise Ryouta/OC

Ayano started this look by using a non-SPF liquid foundation to Hikari's face so that there wouldn't be a white cast effect on the face when taken on the camera, a very negative result caused by SPF. She then proceeded to do the concealing and blemish fixing so that the skin would look perfect and flawless.

Into the eye, she used a beige toned eye shadow to the lids. After that, she added a bit of the plum shade to the crease drawing to the outer corners of the eye.

"Hikari-san, would you mind to look up a bit for me?" Ayano requested while putting a little amount of the same plum eye shadow to the model's lower eyelid to define her light blue eyes.

The model did as she was told and Ayano moved her expert fingers and brushed some of the eye shadow to the lower lid, close to the lash line using a makeup brush.

When she was done with the lower lid, she took black gel liner and lined the upper lid thinly and precisely just to define the top lashes and not winging it out. After that, Ayano got the Shu Uemura gold eyelash curler and curled the model's eyelashes and after that, gave them several swipes of lengthening black mascara.

Since the photo shoot today has the theme of timeless elegance, Ayano made sure that she kept the eyes looking very natural but not looking tired or washed thus she opted for individual false lashes instead of the full set one.

She carefully placed a couple of individual lashes to each outer corners of the upper lash of both eyes to give it a natural finish of thickness using a dark eyelash adhesive.

For the brows, she made it look very subtle, applying only medium brown brow filler and doing small strokes for natural looking brows then brushing it for the brow filler to blend.

Then, using a coral toned blush, she applied it under Hikari's cheekbones, adding a little to the apples of the model's cheeks.

Getting her lip brush, she got a nude pink lipstick brushed it on Hikari's cupid lips.

Finally, with just the final touches of dusting loose powder to the areas that need it, the look was complete and ready for the photo shoot.

This was her job. To make people look good and effortlessly beautiful using different colored powders, lipsticks and so much more.

Ayano Shoji, a female of 16 summers and a professional makeup artist. Well, in her opinion she's still an apprentice or in lay man's term, an "amateur". Though it's true that she had learned straight from the experts of the industry and got an exclusive education in France to which in fact she just recently finished last week, she felt and undoubtedly knows that she still has more to learn because for her, with every new knowledge she acquire, it seems that she knew less than she thought she knew.

In her opinion, makeup isn't about just looking good. It's an art. It's a way of expressing different opinions and emotions, she could say in the least.

"Thank you once again, Ayano-san." Hikari said as she stood up to go for the photo shoot of a famous high fashion magazine in Japan.

"No problem." Ayano replied while getting the recently used brushes to clean them for the second and last look that she has to do later.

Soon, after doing some retouches and finally, the last look, the photo shoot was done, calling it a wrap for everyone.

Ayano gathered her materials and neatly placed them on her huge and well organized silver make up kit.

'Finally' she thought and thanked one of the crew who generously passed her a cup of much needed coffee.

Ayano then went out of the studio and looked at her Gucci watch. It read 7:00 pm.

"Great. I still have time to practice my shading and contouring." She mumbled out as she raised her free hand to call a taxi.

After she found one, she immediately went inside the taxi and stated her destination to the driver. It wasn't until her cup of coffee spilled into the car seat that she took notice that the taxi came into an abrupt stop and the driver holding out a gun in front of her that she realized she was being threatened.

"Be silent or I'll shoot your brains out of your pretty head!" the man exclaimed in rough and menacing voice.

And in timing with that, she heard sounds of sirens and dashing cars.

'Probably the police' she thought and looked at the man who was proceeding to carelessly drive.

She then sighed and gave him her usual blank stare and seems as if she's not even caring that she could be killed any moment.

"Look, I don't really have much on me except my credit card and a bunch of makeup so if you would be so nice to let me walk safely back to my home…." she said, her gaze not even flinching for a bit.

The man then drove faster as the cops were nearer and gave Ayano a scoff.

"What am I? A bird brain?!" he yelled.

Ayano still remained unfazed by the kidnapper and just looked out the window like it's nothing. Well, she'll already know what will happen anyways. Staring at the intersection they were in, she had a light smirk on her face as she counted on her head.

'3…2…1'

At the exact moment, she heard a voice yell.

"Halt!"

And her prediction was right…. It's so obvious that the man could be caught in an intersection with so many cops in Japan.

The door of the driver's seat was forcefully opened and the criminal was caught by the police.

'What a real bird brain, you should have considered on locking the door if you don't want to get caught by the police so easily, you idiot.' She said to herself.

"Stop! I have a gun!" he exclaimed while pointing the gun to the policeman who was about to get him out of the car.

Ayano then shrugged and opened the passenger's door and finally getting the attention of the policeman that there was someone in the passenger seat.

"What do you think you're doing, bitch?! Do you want to get shot?!" the criminal yelled and pointed the gun at her, his attention drifting away from the policeman and in turn went towards Ayano.

She let a smirk show and a slight laugh escaped her lips.

"What are you laughing at?!" he exclaimed while setting his fore finger at the trigger.

With her smirk and calculating stare, Ayano positioned herself in a more comfortable form and pointed out.

"Don't make me laugh, idiot. It's clear that your gun doesn't have any load in it. So why would I be afraid of some pea brained dancing chicken who is so dumb as to not lock the car's doors when kidnapping someone?" she said and went out of the car to see that surely, the taxi was surrounded by five police cars.

The criminal also went out and in shock dropped the gun that he was holding. The police saw this as an opportunity and seized him.

As he was ushered to the police car, a cop made his way towards Ayano.

"Are you not hurt?" he asked while he saw her going back to the taxi and getting her makeup kit.

"Do I look like I am?" Ayano asked, the smirk still plastered on her face.

The policeman just smiled and shook his head. "Really an idiot for stealing a taxi in the middle of the street." He said, motioning his head towards the criminal.

Ayano then shrugged her shoulders once again and turned to leave but the cop interrupted her.

"Wait! Let us drop you off your house. We don't want another lunatic kidnapping you!" he exclaimed.

Ayano then turned around and just shook her head. "I'm fine. I'm no damsel in distress and I can find my way on my own" she said and finally left the scene.

Exhausted from walking, Ayano went to stop and rest at the nearest place she could find which is the basketball court.

She looked at her watch and it read 8:30 pm. That scene with the criminal lasted for one and half an hour.

'Now, I couldn't practice. I have my first day of school tomorrow so no staying late until 1:00 am.' she thought and mentally grumbled.

She then noticed another presence at the court aside from her and looked around. A blonde haired guy was on another bench and was drinking water from his jug.

'Maybe he was playing before I got here.' She voiced out in her mind when suddenly, she saw the guy looking at her curiously.

Ayano just raised an eyebrow and ignored him. Instead of sitting here and doing nothing, she opened her makeup kit and checked if everything is there and in place.

While she was checking on her makeup kit, she didn't notice the guy approaching her and proceeded to sit beside her.

"You've got a bunch of makeup there." The guy commented while casually peeking from behind her.

Ayano turned around in time to see the guy giving her a dashing smile. Ayano was stunned for a moment and quickly but carefully, put back the Chanel liquid foundation in the makeup kit and observed the guy's face.

"Hey…" the guy called to the stunned Ayano but it was no use.

Then slowly, Ayano moved closer to the guy until one of her hands cupped the right side of his cheek and her thumb from that same hand moved to brush the guy's upper lip.

"W-Wha…" The guy was completely caught off guard by the bold moves of this girl.

Suddenly, Ayano removed her hand and gave the two of them the much needed personal space but she kept her gaze on the guy.

Strong cheekbones, defined jaw, thin and pointed nose, almond eyes, deep cupid's bow….

Ayano then smiled and opened her mouth as if to speak. "You…" she started but paused for a moment.

"I?" the guy asked.

Finally, Ayano smiled and crossed her arms in a professional way.

"You should apply a bit of lip balm to your lips to maintain its suppleness and shape. Also, your cheekbones are ideal for strong editorial looks. I had had male models whose cheeks and jaws needed a lot of contouring but yours is perfect. With the right shade of foundation and a bit of concealing under the eyes and some bronzer for definition, you'll be perfect for an edgy runaway look" she stated in a very business-like voice.

The guy just looked at her weirdly for a second and after that, chuckled which eventually led to a laughing gag.

"H-Hey…" Ayano muttered while looking at the guy who was clutching his stomach from laughing so much.

"S-Sorry.. Ha! Ha! I-I just… Pfft!" he burst into another fit of laughter.

Ayano then raised her eyebrow, shook her head and just went to securely close her makeup kit. She then picked it up and turned to look at the guy.

"Why do I keep on meeting weird people?" she muttered and was about to leave when the guy stopped her. He gave her another smile and a chuckle.

"I'm sorry. I just never encountered a person, a girl at that who doesn't know who I am. Well, you were right. I am a model." The guy replied and ran a hand through his golden blonde locks.

"I only know several models here in Japan who works internationally. I stayed in Paris most of my life so I just got to work with either international models or French models." Ayano replied and sat down the bench.

"Work?" the guy asked.

"Yes. As you can see with all the loads of makeup I'm bringing, I'm a makeup artist." Ayano replied and saw the guy proceeding to sit beside her.

"Cool! But… you look too young to be one… Wait, what am I thinking. Of course you are a makeup artist. You know all the tricks to make yourself look young with makeup." The guy said absentmindedly.

A moment of pregnant silence passed and the guy was curious from the lack of response so he turned to look at Ayano and if he could describe the face of hell, this was it.

Ayano was seething in anger with her eyes flashing like angry thunder bolts that made the guy look like a frightened puppy.

" What...did...you...just...say?!" she spat out with every word, every syllable dripping with venom. "So, you think I look like a birthday cake with all the makeup in my face?!" Ayano added while her auburn hair was all over the wind like Medusa's.

"I-I didn't mean it like that…." The guy said while visibly trembling. For a 6 footer, he really looks like a teacher's pet being scolded by the teacher.

"Then what?! You obnoxious little blondie!" she exclaimed and got her makeup kit and marched to leave.

The guy quickly recovered though and ran to catch the still fuming Ayano.

"Hey! I'm sorry!" he said while catching up to her. For a girl in high heels, she definitely walks fast.

"It was nice meeting you, jerk!" she replied, continuing to walk away. But then she stopped halfway causing the blonde guy to knock over and fall flat on his face.

"One more thing…. I'm fucking 16 years old, smart ass!" she yelled and completely walked away.

A/N: Well, that's it for the first chapter of "Colored Powder". Any comments, criticisms or suggestions are warmly accepted. Just click the review button or PM me. Have a nice day!